I had the opportunity to discuss the impact of a free trade treaty with Korea at the last meeting of the CAPC. What I told the automotive industry people is consistent with what they heard from my colleague David Emerson, who is responsible for this file. Talks are starting between the two countries, and an issue table has been put in place to ensure that the more the talks progress, the more the industry's viewpoint is taken into account. The industry people told us that this was the best way to proceed to ensure that their concerns were well heard.
So these are negotiations, but I don't believe that this is a file that will come to anything in the very near future. However, it's important to have talks, because we believe that free trade is at the very basis of the creation of this country. Canada was not built on barriers, but on free trade, which enabled immigrants and a number of people to come and work in Canada. It has enabled Canadians to sell their goods and services elsewhere, in other countries. If we close our borders here, in Canada, our Canadian businesses may well experience the same thing elsewhere.